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Page 89
... merely a broad application of the science of fraud . Considered thus in the abstract , pictures are not an addition to the monetary wealth of the world , except in the amount of pleasure or instruction to be got out of them day by day ...
... merely a broad application of the science of fraud . Considered thus in the abstract , pictures are not an addition to the monetary wealth of the world , except in the amount of pleasure or instruction to be got out of them day by day ...
Page 165
... merely on its own nature , but on the number of people who can and will use it . A horse is useless , and therefore unsaleable , if no one can ride , —a sword if no one can strike , and meat , if no one can eat . Thus every material ...
... merely on its own nature , but on the number of people who can and will use it . A horse is useless , and therefore unsaleable , if no one can ride , —a sword if no one can strike , and meat , if no one can eat . Thus every material ...
Page 171
... merely animated conditions of delay , ( no use being possible of anything they have until they are dead , ) in which last condition they are nevertheless often useful as delays , and " impedimenta , " if a nation is apt to move too fast ...
... merely animated conditions of delay , ( no use being possible of anything they have until they are dead , ) in which last condition they are nevertheless often useful as delays , and " impedimenta , " if a nation is apt to move too fast ...
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